TTruerue LaunchLaunch BaBarr User’s Manual www.truelaunchbar.com True Launch Bar – User’s Manual Contents 1 Getting Started........................................................................................................................................6 1.1 Starting True Launch Bar...............................................................................................................6 1.2 Basic methods of using True Launch Bar.......................................................................................6 1.3 True Launch Bar objects.................................................................................................................7 1.4 Creating shortcuts using Drag&Drop.............................................................................................8 1.5 Creating shortcuts using the context menu.....................................................................................8 1.6 Creating separators.........................................................................................................................9 1.7 Creating plugins..............................................................................................................................9 1.8 Deleting objects..............................................................................................................................9 1.9 Hiding objects.................................................................................................................................9 2 Menus...................................................................................................................................................10 2.1 Creating menus.............................................................................................................................10 2.2 Icon sizes......................................................................................................................................12 2.3 View modes..................................................................................................................................12 Default...........................................................................................................................................13 Icons only.......................................................................................................................................13 Icons with text................................................................................................................................14 Multicolumn text menu..................................................................................................................14 2.4 Arranging menus..........................................................................................................................14 2.5 Inheritance of settings...................................................................................................................15 2.6 Customizing menu........................................................................................................................15 Options...........................................................................................................................................15 Overlay image................................................................................................................................17 Filtering folder...............................................................................................................................18 3 True Launch Bar Settings.....................................................................................................................19 3.1 General Options............................................................................................................................19 “Profiles” button ...........................................................................................................................19 “Backup” and “Restore” buttons...................................................................................................20 “Check for Updates” button...........................................................................................................20 Settings password..........................................................................................................................20 Button locking................................................................................................................................20 Load virtual folders in background................................................................................................21 Enable Accelerators.......................................................................................................................21 – 2 – True Launch Bar – User’s Manual Do not change file type at rename.................................................................................................21 Expand shortcuts to folders............................................................................................................21 Process WIN key............................................................................................................................21 Save icons with toolbar..................................................................................................................22 Number of programs on the Recent menu.....................................................................................22 Show hidden files...........................................................................................................................22 3.2 Toolbar..........................................................................................................................................22 Hide toolbar title............................................................................................................................22 Lock toolbar...................................................................................................................................23 Same width for all buttons with text..............................................................................................23 Default alignment..........................................................................................................................23 Minimum size................................................................................................................................24 Sizing step......................................................................................................................................24 Overlay image................................................................................................................................24 Draw method..................................................................................................................................24 Image position................................................................................................................................24 3.3 Menu appearance..........................................................................................................................25 Show menu caption........................................................................................................................25 Show items number.......................................................................................................................26 Show large icons............................................................................................................................26 Flat menu items..............................................................................................................................26 Show arrow on menu button..........................................................................................................26 Show menu item hotkey................................................................................................................27 Caption text to the top....................................................................................................................27 Do not cut off caption....................................................................................................................27 Show shadow.................................................................................................................................28 Flat menu (XP Style).....................................................................................................................28 Animate collapse/expand...............................................................................................................28 Fix the noise effect.........................................................................................................................28 Run submenu on mouse click........................................................................................................28 Run submenu on ENTER..............................................................................................................29 Titles align.....................................................................................................................................29 Columns.........................................................................................................................................29 Scrolling type.................................................................................................................................29